Exploring the functional association between physiological plasticity, climatic variability, and geographical latitude: Lessons from land snails

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-659

  Naya, Daniel E ^a,b   Catalán, Tamara ^b   Artacho, Paulina ^c,d   Gaitán Espitia, Juan Diego ^c   Nespolo, Roberto F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic variability hypothesis; Cornu aspersum; Digestive flexibility; Macrophysiology; Metabolic rate; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CORNU ASPERSUM; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 84860015559     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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